Wagon-remover.



No. 843,146. PATENTED FEB. 5, 1907. A. J. HAWKBS.

WAGON REMOVER.

.APPLIOATION FILED NOV. 16,1908.

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ALONZO J. HAWKES,

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OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

WAGON-REMOVER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

Application filed November 16,1906. Serial No. 343.680.

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Be it known that I, ALONZO J. Hawxes, a citizen of the United States, residing in Cami bridge, in the county of Middlesex and State l of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Wargon-Removers, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a device especially adapted among other uses to be employed in removing heavy obstacles from the tracks of street-railways, and more particularly in removing wagons which may have broken down, as by a wheel coming off or being broken.

The device may also be used for replacing a car which may have become derailed.

These and other features of this invention will be pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 represents in perspective a sufficient portion of a street-railway, a wagon broken down, and the device embodying this invention to enable it to be understood. Fig. 2 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the device shown in Fig. 1; Fig. 3, a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 2; Fig. 4, an inverted view of the device shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 5 a sectional view representing the device in use as a car-replacer.

The device herein shown as embodying this invention, consists of a concaved or dishshapedbody portion a, of steel or other metal, l having a rounded exterior surface and pro- 1 vided within the concavity of the same with an abutment for the end of the axle b or it may be the hub of a wheel whose spokes have collapsed or become broken.

The abutment may be made in the form of an annular wall 0, erected upon the body portion a, and of suitable length to form a chamber 1), located substantially at the center of said body portion. The wall 0 in the present instance is shown as extending beyond a .semicircle and leaves an opening or mouth e (see Fig. 2-) for the entrance of the axle 1). While I may prefer to make the wall of the chamber (1 continuous, as represented, I do not desire to limit my invention in this respect, as said wall may be made in sections or it may be formed by a series of lugs or pins erected upon the body portion and arranged in a substantially circular formation. The I abutment 0 may be connected with the body portion by series of substantially radial ribsf, which serve to reinforce the abutment against the end thrust and also serve to reinforce the body portion against a crushing strain or force.

Provision is made for attaching the device to the wagon or other vehicle g, and for this purpose the body portion a is provided with substantially diametrically opposite holes h, through which are passed links or rings i, to

'hich a chain or other flexible connection may be attached, by means of which the device may be connected with the wagon or other vehicle after the manner represented in Fig. 1, and when so connected the wagon or other vehicle can be easily drawn or removed from the car-tracks, as the rounded outer surface of the body portion a of the device offers a minimum resistance to the movement of the vehicle.

In operation with the device herein shown the lowered end of the wagon is jacked up or lifted sufficiently to enable the device to be slipped under the end of the axle until the latter bears against the abutment c, after which the device is made fast to the wagon by the chain or other flexible connection j, and the wagon can then be drawn, pushed, or otherwise moved off of the track.

The removing device may also be used fo replacing a car which may be derailed by inverting the said device after the manner rep resented in Figs. 4 and 5, for by reason of the crown shape or concaved form of the inverted body portion the car-wheel may be run across the same and be directed down onto the rail m, with which the edge of the body portion a registers.

I may prefer to provide the body portion on its under side and at the edge of the same with a lip n, which is adapted to engage the rail and hold the device against movement away from said rail and also to provide addi tional lugs 0 on the edge of the body portion and lugs 12 on the ribs f remote from the lip 72..

The lugs 19 may be longer or deeper than the lugs 0, so as to elevate the rear portion of the device, and thus incline the front portion thereof down toward the rail, thereby facilitating the replacement of the derailed car.

I may prefer to provide the device with the lugs 0 p; but they may be omitted and the rear portion thereof elevated by a stick or other devices inserted beneath the same. So, also, I may provide the body portion a with i an elongated opening 10 within the circumterence of the same and forming a handhold comprising a concaved body portion having by Which the device may be easily carried a rounded exterior surface capable of tilting 20 and also placed in operative position. on the ground, and means attached to said I claim body portion Within the concavity to form 1. A device of the character described, an abutment, for the purpose specified. comprising a concaved body portion having I 4. A device of the character described, an abutment Within the concavity of the comprising a concaved body portion, and a 2 5 same, ribs connecting said abutment with said body portion, and lugs attached to said body portion and said ribs, substantially as described. i In testimony whereof I have signed my 2. A device of the character described, I name to this specification in the presence of 30 comprising a concaved body portion pro- 1 tWo subscribing Witnesses. vided With a rounded exterior surface capable substantially semicircular Wall attached to the body portion Within the concavity of the same, substantially as described.

I of tilting on the ground and having an abut- HAVVKES' ment Within the concavity of the same form- Vitnesses: ing a chamber, for the purpose specified. l J AS. H. CHURCHILL,

3. A device of the character described, I J. MURPHY. 

